This week's podcast comes 'live' from the Springfield public house, fittingly enough just yards away from where our beloved Wigan Athletic where based when Dave Whelan bought them lock, stock and barrel 20 years ago, not much has changed in that time, though I think they may have switched to energy saving light bulbs!

This week the usual crowd are joined by Alan 'NRP' Moore, Alan talks to us about Latics United and what his hopes are for the future.

We conduct the usual business of looking back and the last couple of games, though unusually we are all quite pleased with the way things went.

We have a plug or two for some upcoming events, the FAB meeting on Tuesday and Dan's new book cover for the Panini story.

There is the usual previewof the forthcoming game, this week it's Leeds on the agenda.

We finish off with a discussion about Dave Whelan, just what did he actually do for us, a new ground, promotion through the divisions, Premier League for eight seasons, making the Carling Cup final, winning the FA cup and going on a European tour, yeah, apart from all that what did he actually do?

Difficult to be positive when we are heading out of the Championship the way we are, but believe it or not there is a bit of positivity to this week's edition, if you manage to find it though please let us know.

A shocking display last Friday was compounded by injury to two players, another defeat on Tuesday and realistically there is no way back. The big question that is being posed at the moment though is – how on earth is Malky Mackay still manager of Wigan Athletic?

Blackpool away on Saturday, always a good trip, this season it is the battle for the wooden spoon.

Contents: Intros 1 Wigan Athletic 0 (0:00); Charlton and Cardiff complaints (1:00) including where's the improvement? (7:00) and the finer points of the offside rule (10:55); Statman's Numbers Game: Malky's record (12:25); PWU Question of the Week: Caldwell for Coach? (14:30); down by February (17:25) including Seaside Special (19:30) and falling to pieces? (22:30); pitched battle (28:20); The Last Resort: Blackpool preview (34:30) including still a chance? (39:30), Barry's Rant: False Dawns (47:00) and an a-mule-ing joke (50:00)